Main entry:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.

Title & Author:

Buckminster Fuller.

Publication:

Hilversum : Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co., [1958]

Description:

15 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), facsimile ; 26 x 26 cm

Series:

Quadrat-print

Notes:
Cover title.
"This edition of Quadrat-Prints shows one of the geodetic dome constructions of the inventor/architect R. Buckminster Fuller ... The Quadrat-Prints are experiments on graphic art and design, fine arts, literature and architecture. They are printed and distributed by Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co."--Introductory leaf (English version).
"Typografie: Otto Treumann GKf. de text werd uit de Grotesk gezet"--Colophon.
Kwadraat-bladen, a series of graphic experiments 1955-1974, KB-09, pages 38-43
Dutch, English, French and German.

Summary:

Includes facsimile typescript of Fuller's letter to Kwadraat-Blad editor Pieter Brattinga concerning Fuller's dome for the Ford Motor Co. Rotunda Building, Detroit, as well as a partial reply to an English editor in response to a question about Bauhas influences on his work. Accompanied by blueprints and other images of the Ford rotunda dome.

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 Correspondence.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 Exhibitions.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983
Geodesic domes Design and construction.
Geodesic domes Exhibitions.
Dômes géodésiques Expositions.
Geodesic domes
Geodetische koepels.
Geodesic domes 1950-1960.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Brattinga, Pieter, 1931-2004.
Treumann, Otto, 1919-2001, typographer.
Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co.
Kwadraat-blad.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76890
Call No.: NA44.F967.23 F8 1958
Status: Available